serta

See also: sertã and Sertã

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay serta, from Sanskrit [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /sərˈta/ [sərˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ser‧ta

Conjunction

serta

1. as well as; and

   Synonym: dan

Verb

serta

1. to join

Derived terms

• menyertai
• menyertakan
• peserta

Further reading

• “serta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From sertus (“bound, encircled”), from serō (“to bind, to encircle”), possibly by reanalysis of the nominalized neuter plural (serta, sertōrum) as a feminine singular noun.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛr.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛr.t̪a]

Noun

serta f (genitive sertae); first declension

1. garland, festoon, wreath of flowers
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.219–220:

     ‘prōtinus accēdunt Charitēs nectuntque corōnās
     sertaque caelestēs implicitūra comās.’

     “Forthwith the Graces approach and weave chaplets
     and garland[s] to entwine [their] heavenly hair.”
     (The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	serta	sertae
genitive	sertae	sertārum
dative	sertae	sertīs
accusative	sertam	sertās
ablative	sertā	sertīs
vocative	serta	sertae

Synonyms

• sertum

Noun

serta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sertum

Noun

sertā

1. ablative singular of serta

Participle

serta

1. inflection of sertus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

sertā

1. ablative feminine singular of sertus

References

• “serta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “serta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "serta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “serta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “serta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “serta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /sərˈtə/ [sərˈt̪ə]
• (Penang, Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /sərˈta/ [sərˈt̪a]
• (Johor-Selangor) Rhymes: -ə
• (Northern Peninsula, Bahasa Baku) Rhymes: -a

Conjunction

serta (Jawi spelling سرتا)

1. as well as; and

Synonyms

• dan

Verb

serta (Jawi spelling سرتا)

1. to join

Further reading

• “serta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay serta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈser̪.t̪a/

Conjunction

serta

1. because, since

   Synonyms: amo, karena, sebap

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics